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| Obama has made Americans look toward the GOP to handle immigration 11/25/2014 10:01:01 AM Noah Rothman 24 Comments In the same way that Democrats had a difficult time proving their national security bona fides in the wake of Jimmy Carter's presidency, Barack Obama may be doing his party a generation's worth of damage on the issue of immigration. For years, More... Gruber: I'll testify in Oversight hearing 11/25/2014 9:21:08 AM Ed Morrissey 38 Comments It looks like Darrell Issa’s tenure at the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will end with a bang, not a whimper. Issa requested testimony from controversial ObamaCare architect Jonathan Gruber at a hearing in two weeks, but it seemed More... Holder to Ferguson: Hey, we're still working on the case 11/25/2014 8:41:23 AM Ed Morrissey 98 Comments This curious statement from the outgoing Attorney General came at a curious point in time. With the grand jury’s announcement in Ferguson pushed off until 8 pm local time — and then read out with a surprisingly lengthy preamble before getting More... Obama: "not just an issue for Ferguson. This is an issue for America" 11/25/2014 8:01:14 AM Jazz Shaw 194 Comments Allahpundit covered the long expected decision last night, and you’ve all had plenty to say about it. Even as the violence and unrest continue, I wanted to take a few moments to examine some of the highly disturbing comments which were delivered by More...  Quotes of the day 11/24/2014 10:41:20 PM Allahpundit 327 Comments Heading into Thanksgiving weekend, D.C. is all a twitter with news that Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has been fired, er, asked to step down, er, initiated talks about leaving. It has long been a staple of Washington news reporting (read, gossip) that More... New plan. Let's ban suitcases with wheels 11/24/2014 10:01:26 PM Jazz Shaw 32 Comments Let me guess. When you read the title, you thought this was going to be about either Berkeley or San Franciso, right? I’ll confess, I thought the same thing. Who in the world would want to ban the single most useful technological advancement in More... WaPo: Four Pinocchios for Obama on Bush 41 amnesty claim; Update: Three 11/24/2014 9:21:34 PM Ed Morrissey 28 Comments Actually, Glenn Kessler gives Peak Pinocchio to both Barack Obama and his press secretary Josh Earnest for disseminating a dishonest argument intended to bolster the notion that Obama’s predecessors used executive power for amnesty. The argument More... Video: Adorable little girls to drop F-bombs until violence against women is no more 11/24/2014 8:41:30 PM Allahpundit 32 Comments In case you thought the public outcry last month over teaching six-year-olds to curse like sailors in order to sell t-shirts might shame this outfit into rethinking its approach, let me assure you that you are very, very naive. That’s not the way More... "Walking Dead" grumble thread: After the napalm zombies, there's nowhere to go but up 11/24/2014 8:01:52 PM Allahpundit 41 Comments The Atlantic’s resident “Walking Dead” fans are in raptures over last night’s episode but I’m having trouble finding something to say about it. It was an interstitial hour, a running play for short yardage in an otherwise More... Burn: Milbank accuses Obama of turning into George W. Bush 11/24/2014 7:21:49 PM Noah Rothman 27 Comments Despite conspicuous displays of bravado and self-assuredness, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the left to defend the President Barack Obama's actions. How can you tell? A few are starting to jump ship. Take, for example, The Washington Post's More... The end of wind welfare approaches 11/24/2014 6:41:20 PM Jazz Shaw 36 Comments Renewable energy fans have been waiting for this day for a long time, and while it will still take a lot of research to verify the numbers, it may be getting close. Some solar and wind turbine installations may now be producing energy at affordable More... Pivot: China building 'airstrip capable' island in disputed waters near Spratly Islands 11/24/2014 6:01:25 PM Noah Rothman 29 Comments While defending the administration's decision to accept Defense Sec. Chuck Hagel's resignation on Monday, White House Press Sec. Josh Earnest cited a variety of pressing new national security challenges which he said demand new blood. Those challenges More... SCOTUS to delve into darkest side of Facebook 11/24/2014 5:21:12 PM Jazz Shaw 34 Comments When the Supreme Court hears the case of Anthony Elonis next week they will be jumping into one of the darkest, deepest wells of despair known to the human race: Facebook. At issue is the conviction of Elonis on charges of making threats against his More... CNN poll: How would you rule in Ferguson case, despite not having access to any evidence? 11/24/2014 4:41:18 PM Noah Rothman 75 Comments A poll conducted by CNN/ORC and released on Monday just may make you miss the midterm elections. The polling team at CNN determined that the best use of their resources was to conduct a national survey of opinions surrounding the case involving the More... Time to play Who Wants To Be A Defense Secretary 11/24/2014 4:01:06 PM Ed Morrissey 98 Comments Earlier today, Barack Obama bid a fond farewell to the man he fired, according to what his own White House was telliing reporters. The scene was more than a little awkward, with both Obama and Chuck Hagel gushing over each other and even engaging in an More... Open thread: Ferguson grand jury announcement expected within hours; Update: No indictment; Update: Obama to deliver statement 11/24/2014 3:21:32 PM Allahpundit 2364 Comments Actually, there’s wiggle room in the timeline. CNN thinks the news will break today, possibly as early as 5 p.m. ET. WaPo says it’ll “likely” be today. As I’m writing this, Fox News is citing a family attorney as saying the More... More evidence that the left wants to get into your bedroom 11/24/2014 2:41:16 PM Noah Rothman 154 Comments The American right was at once mocked and feared by liberals for the scrutiny they devoted to the sex lives of average Americans. This impulse among conservatives culminated in George W. Bush's administration's unsuccessful attempt to enshrine More... Ted Cruz: The Senate must block all presidential nominees until Obama rescinds his amnesty 11/24/2014 2:01:39 PM Allahpundit 70 Comments Another leftover from Sunday brunch via the Corner. Joel Pollak floated this idea a few weeks ago in a piece for Breitbart. I thought of it again on Thursday night, when I was busy enjoying my vacation from HA by watching Obama’s amnesty speech and More... Obama: Voters want a new-car smell in 2016 11/24/2014 1:21:57 PM Ed Morrissey 84 Comments American voters will want a candidate in 2016, Barack Obama told George Stephanopoulos yesterday on ABC’s This Week, that “doesn’t have as much mileage as me.” They’ll want that “new-car smell” from their next More... Is Hagel's resignation a first sign of the administration's implosion? 11/24/2014 12:41:50 PM Noah Rothman 124 Comments The White House's defenders will attempt to knock down claims that Defense Sec. Chuck Hagel's resignation is loaded with implications for the future of this administration. Cabinet officials come and go, they’ll note, but this White House has made More... Rand Paul goes to war? 11/24/2014 12:01:53 PM Ed Morrissey 20 Comments Normally, one would expect the voice calling the loudest for an American declaration of war to come from the hawk caucus, not the non-interventionists. After all, the US has not issued a formal declaration of war since World War II, although we have yet More... Obama: My massive unconstitutional power grab on immigration must not be used by a GOP president to lower taxes 11/24/2014 11:31:51 AM Allahpundit 230 Comments Via the Corner, note that he makes no actual argument to support the distinction. It’s an empty assertion, of necessity. Absolutely he can seize lawmaking power from Congress to amnestize five million people; absolutely not may a Republican More... As fighting intensifies, U.S. arming Iraqi tribesman in push for Anbar Awakening 2 11/24/2014 11:01:28 AM Noah Rothman 29 Comments Coinciding with the news that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is set to resign his post on Monday are developments in Iraq that indicate the fighting between ISIS and Iraqi Security Forces continues to rage virtually unchecked. Last week, Islamic State More... |    | |||||
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